Example sentences of "the [noun] of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 to protect persons other than persons at work against risks to health or safety arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work ;
2 ‘ protecting persons other than persons at work against risks to health or safety arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work ’ ;
3 He might also , quite obviously , direct the activities of bishops throughout the Church , translate them and control them .
4 The value of professionality is that it focuses attention upon the activities of teachers in relation to pupils , each other and their organisations and it is thus a dynamic concept in opposition to the rather static ‘ characteristics ’ or ‘ descriptive ’ approach inherent in most studies of professionalism .
5 In addition to the activities of members on the floor of the House or in the parties , there has been an attempt to restore or increase the influence of the Commons by adopting new procedures , most of which involve the development of a new committee system .
6 The FO 's assessor will have a say in how the BAS spends its money and will report back to the Foreign secretary on how useful the BAS is as a political presence in the Antarctic and the south Atlantic , This move , which clearly follows from Britain 's determination to outface Argentina in the region , brings a new political backdrop to the activities of scientists in the Antarctic .
7 In Devon and Cornwall indeed there seems to have been a long tradition of piratical and privateering activity in addition to legitimate trade , which may well have laid the foundation for the activities of seamen from this part of the country in the Elizabethan age ( 63 , pp.159–60 ) .
8 Sure Style spokesman Andrew Lincoln said : ‘ We have acted quickly to carry out an initial investigation into the activities of personnel at our Middlesbrough branch one of 15 remote locations in the UK . ’
9 As we shall see in Chapter 11 on deviance , the activities of groups with fewer power resources are much more likely to be labelled as ‘ social problems ’ and be given greater publicity than are those of the more dominant social groups in society .
10 As will have been apparent from the discussion on pre-emptive rights , this borrowing by the stock markets of an expression ‘ equities ’ derived from the activities of Courts of Chancery has in turn been borrowed by the companies ' legislation in its definition of ‘ equity securities ’ and ‘ equity share capital . ’
11 The growth of intra-industry is deemed to require a considerable amount of Europeanisation of the activities of companies by merger and acquisition , and DFI .
12 He admits that there has been ‘ a degree of concern ’ within the RCN about the activities of nurses in clinical research .
13 It also proposed that there should be a national organisation to co-ordinate the activities of universities in validating public sector colleges ' degree courses .
14 Up to a point the tsarist police could control the activities of intellectuals within the confines of the empire , but silencing Herzen was beyond their powers .
15 Throughout the 1650s , extreme restrictions were placed upon the activities of individuals on Sundays ; a strict Puritan sabbath was imposed , and all working , sports , and non-essential travel were made illegal .
16 Will the right hon. Gentleman remind the House how much warning time he had of the conflict in the Gulf , how much warning he expects to have from the IRA before any outrage and how much warning he expects of the consequences of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the activities of extremists like Mr. Le Pen in France ?
17 There is a need for some form of rapid internal signalling system so that the activities of cells in different parts of the same creature can be coordinated .
18 This indicated that PABA-UDCA disulphate is a single pass type substance in the gut and its oral administration test reflects the sum of the activities of bacteria in the small intestine and colon .
19 A spokesman for the company management said later : ‘ Management at the Timex plant in Dundee deplores the activities of protesters outside its plant , tactics which are designed only to intimidate the workers who are coming into the plant . ’
20 At the council of Gumley in Leicestershire two years later , possibly as a response to some of Boniface 's criticisms , Aethelbald issued a grant of privileges to the churches in Mercia , conceding immunity from royal food-rents and from all works and burdens except the building of bridges and the defence of fortresses against enemies ( CS 140 , 178 : S 92 ) .
21 At one extreme Diplock LJ stated in Wooldridge v Sumner : " The defence of volenti in the absence of express contract , has no application to negligence simpliciter where the duty of care is based solely on proximity or " " neighbourship " " in the Atkinian sense . "
22 Distinguishing Rex v. Clarke , 22 Cr.App.R. 58 and Reg. v. Hall , 43 Cr.App.R. 29 , Shelley J.A. , delivering the judgment of the court , observed that the defence is entitled to see such a statement , not by virtue of any general rule of law , but by virtue of the prosecution 's duty to inform the defence of statements in their possession made by a witness whose evidence at the trial differs substantially from what has been said in the statements .
23 Fujimori announced on June 23 the capture of three Sendero Luminoso central committee members , Yovanka Pardave Trujillo , Víctor García Castano and Tito Valle Travesano , a former president of the Association of Democratic Lawyers specializing in the defence of detainees on terrorist charges .
24 The CNAA 's concern for the defence of standards throughout this period was a concern for institutional and course considerations and student access and outcomes .
25 In the light of the response of teachers to the chaos of the assessment process devised by DENI — and its agencies — it can hardly be them !
26 The upward slope of the function reflects the response of firms to an actual value for p which turns out to be greater or less than they had expected at the end of t - 1 .
27 A further restriction on the clinical use of alumina is the response of tissues to its implantation .
28 A significant clinical limitation of alumina is the response of tissues to the presence of the ceramic .
29 Furthermore , we need to enquire further into the factors governing the response of organisms to given disturbances of their environment , whether it involves migration to refuges or extinction and speciation .
30 Given the response of colleges in session 1987–88 we anticipate that the Council will have to make a selection and , in inviting colleges to progress their proposals , will consider the extent to which proposals will :
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